From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Apr 20 07:15:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA14504 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 20 Apr 1996 07:15:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA14499 for ; Sat, 20 Apr 1996 07:15:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA14122; Sat, 20 Apr 96 14:15:50 GMT Message-Id: <9604201415.AA14122@fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.40.112.3/16.2) id AA021909865; Sat, 20 Apr 1996 08:17:45 -0600 Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 08:17:45 -0600 From: Sean Kelly To: khetan@iafrica.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: (message from Khetan Gajjar on Sat, 20 Apr 1996 13:13:56 +0200 (SAT)) Subject: Re: X locks Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Khetan" == Khetan Gajjar writes: Khetan> Hi. When I specify xdm to load in my rc.local, I cannot Khetan> type anything on the X screen and cannot switch to another Khetan> term (i.e. tty0, tty1, etc). First, to switch to another vty while X is running, use CTRL+ALT+F1, CTRL+ALT+F2, ... Now, why you can't type anything on the X screen: is your xdm configured to accept a login? -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/